BENEFITS FELDENKRAIS BRISTOL

THE FELDENKRAIS METHOD is an intriguingly gentle, pleasurable learning process that profoundly enhances the functioning of the body/mind. It is beneficial both for people seeking to improve their general well-being and for people with specific conditions.

On the one hand, the Feldenkrais Method
• improves posture, flexibility, coordination
• widens perception and creativity
• enhances personal growth, physical and emotional well-being
• refines performance skills for athletes, actors, dancers, and musicians
• increases your ability to experience or re-discover your capacity for pleasure
• develops greater thinking capabilities

On the other hand, this method

• aids in effortless breathing
• helps you to release emotional blockages
• eliminates pain and movement restrictions
• improves function in individuals with:

• neuro-muscular disorders such as stroke, spinal injury, cerebral palsy • muscular-skeletal problems such as chronic neck- and back pain, sciatica • repetitive strain syndrome • stress related to past or present trauma

MOSHE FELDENKRAIS (1904-1984)

Developed the Feldenkrais Method out of his unique understanding of such diverse fields as physics, neuro-science, the martial arts (he earned a Black Belt in Judo in 1936), learning processes, cybernetics, linguistics and body mechanics. He was an eminent physicist, and a close associate of the Nobel Laureate Frederic Joliot-Curie in Paris before he became one of the world's foremost authorities on sensory-motor functioning.

During World War II, Dr. Feldenkrais suffered crippling knee injuries and was given little chance of ever recovering. He literally taught himself to walk again--without pain--and it was during this process that he developed his unique system of accessing the power of the nervous system to improve human functioning.

Applying his understanding of the role of body movement in the functioning of body and mind, during the last forty years of his life Moshe Feldenkrais taught his method throughout Europe and the United States. He personally trained a small number of practicioners, to continue his work. Today there are nearly 3,000 certified Feldenkrais teachers around the globe.